CEP Short Term Course on “Finite Elements in Analysis and Design Using ANSYS”, Dr.J.M.

Mallikarjuna,
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology Madras

3D Modeling of Pulley
Problem: Use ANSYS to create the solid model as shown below.

GUI Solution:

1. Starting:
Click → start → ANSYS → ANSYS product launcher
Launch – ANSYS Multiphysics
File management → browse the directory for saving and retrieving the files.
Click → run

2. Preferences → tick → Structural → select h-method → ok

3. Title:
Utility menu → File → Change title → “3D Pulley” → ok.
Utility menu → plot → replot

4. Modeling:
(a) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → keypoint → In active CS → enter
KP no as 1& x,y,z coord as 0,1,blank→ apply → enter KP no as 2 & x,y,z coord as
10,1,blank→ ok
(b) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → copy → keypoints → select KPs 1 & 2 →
ok → no of copies 2; DX = 0, DY = 1; DZ = blank → ok
(c) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → keypoint → In active CS → enter
x,y,z coord as 5.25,2,blank→ apply → x,y,z coord as 6.75,2,blank→ ok
(d) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → copy → keypoints → select KPs 5 & 6 →
ok → no of copies 2; DX = 0, DY = 4; DZ = blank → ok

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CEP Short Term Course on “Finite Elements in Analysis and Design Using ANSYS”, Dr.J.M.Mallikarjuna,
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology Madras

(e) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → keypoint → In active CS → enter

x,y,z coord as 2,6,blank→ apply → x,y,z coord as 9,6,blank→ ok
(f) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → copy → keypoints → select KPs 9 & 10 →
ok → no of copies 2; DX = 0, DY = 1; DZ = blank → ok
(g) Utility menu → Pltcntrl → numbering → tick key points → ok
(h) Utility menu → Pltcntrl → plot → keypoints
(i) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → lines → straight lines → select
KPs 1,2; 2,4; 4,6; 6,8; 8,10; 10,12; 12,11; 11,9; 9,7; 7,5; 5,3; 3,1 → ok
(j) Utility menu → Pltcntrl → numbering → tick line numbers → ok
(k) Utility menu → Pltcntrl → plot → lines
(l) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → lines → line fillet → select lines
11 & 10 → ok → enter fillet radius = 0.8 → ok
(m) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → lines → line fillet → select lines 3
& 4 → ok → enter fillet radius = 0.7 → ok
(n) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → lines → line fillet → select lines 4
& 5 → ok → enter fillet radius = 0.7 → ok
(o) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → lines → line fillet → select lines
10 & 9 → ok → enter fillet radius = 0.8 → ok
(p) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → copy → keypoints → select KPs 1 & 2 →
no of copies 2; DX = 0, DY = -1; DZ = blank → ok
(q) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → area → arbitrary → by lines →
select all the lines → ok
(r) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → operate → extrude → area → about axis →
select the entire area → ok → select KPs 21 & 22 → ok

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